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Conspiratorial old Central American is having a laugh? (2,7)

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in cahoots

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'conspiratorial' is the definition.
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'old central american is having a laugh?' is the wordplay.
'old central american' becomes 'incas' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'is having' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a laugh?' becomes 'hoot' (I've seen this before).
'incas' enclosing 'hoot' is 'IN CAHOOTS'.

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(Other definitions for in cahoots that I've seen before include "Thick" , "Conniving" , "Working with" , "Associated with" , "Conspiring together" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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